Cajuns Edge Out Texas, North Dakota Oil Country With Lowest Unemployment Rate

The energy industry helped small-town southern Louisiana claim the lowest unemployment rate in the U.S., unseating oil boom-towns in Texas and North Dakota.

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metropolitan area unemployment rate fell to 2.8% in February, according to Labor Department data released Wednesday. That edged out reigning champion Midland, Texas, which had a rate of 3.0%.

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